NCT03282110

Comprehensive Acupuncture for Depressive Disorder With Comorbid Psychogenic Pain

Comprehensive Acupuncture for Depressive Disorder With Comorbid Psychogenic Pain: Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: EARLY_Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Experimental and clinical studies have indicated that acupuncture has a good effect for depression and comorbid pain. The purpose of this research is to compare the effect of comprehensive electro-acupuncture therapy and western medicine citalopram for for depressive disorder with comorbid psychogenic pain. This research is a assessor blinded, randomized controlled trials. 60 patients will be randomly divided into comprehensive electro-acupuncture group and western medicine citalopram for 8 weeks treatment and the therapeutic effect is done at the end of 1,2,4,6,8 week.

Conditions

• Depression; Psychoneurotic
• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	ta-VNS	The transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) at auricular concha is a typical representative of TCM modernization. The taVNS regulates the autonomic nervous system, which shows a good therapeutic effect for the treatment of depression.
OTHER	Electro-acupuncture	one of the most common acupuncture methods, selecting acupoints based on traditional Chinese medicine theory. It exerts the function to regulate qi and blood circulation and balance Yang and Yin energy inside body.
DRUG	Citalopram	Citalopram is an antidepressant drug of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class.It has U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to treat major depression.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-30
• Primary completion: 2018-06-30
• Completion: 2019-06-30
• First posted: 2017-09-13
• Last updated: 2017-11-07